Alfredo Chavez Montoya Papers: A Window on the Labor Movement in the Southwest

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Alfredo Chavez Montoya Papers: A Window on the Labor Movement in the Southwest

Author(s)

Worman, Scott

Abstract

A presentation about the Alfredo Chávez Montoya Papers which document Montoya's work as a labor organizer in the Southwest, 1940s-1970s, with the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and other labor organizations.

Description

Scott Worman,the 2009 Dennis Chavez Archival Fellow at the Center for Southwest Research, describes the content and research potential of the Alfredo Chavez Montoya Papers. Montoya was involved with the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Mine Mill)and other labor organizations in the Southwest.